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Yet, the new road could also facilitate faster and greater movement of arms, munitions, equipment, and troops between the security partners.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 The two measures were intended to block a total of $8.8 billion in heavy bombs and other munitions to Israel.—Jared Gans, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025 Beyond troops, Pyongyang has also continued to provide Moscow with munitions, Seoul has said.—Stella Kim, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025 The munitions that those mobile platforms carry are likewise usually cheaper to employ than to defend against because of the speed of ballistic missiles and the maneuverability of cruise missiles.—Andrew S. Lim, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for munition
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Latin munition-, munitio, from munire to fortify, from moenia walls; akin to Latin murus wall and perhaps to Sanskrit minoti he builds, fastens
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